Providing residents living in proximity to port activities with housing, recreational and cultural amenities in city port interface zones :
1- Incorporating measures designed to reduce port nuisances into building design.
2- Revising the status of port and Port City heritage to properly reflect the historical significance of sites.
3- Developing public spaces and recreational or cultural amenities in Port City interface zones to create an appealing new area.
4- Promoting the architectural and landscape integration of port facilities.
Connecting to a SDG
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Quality education
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Sustainable cities and communities
The associated good practices
Bordeaux (France): The City of Wine moves into Les Bassins
La Cité du Vin is characterised by its striking curves and form and its surrounding environment, […]
San Francisco (USA): Re-use for the US Army’s Fort Mason
Developed in a warehouse at Pier 2, the Fort Mason Center is a modern, sustainable […]
Oslo (Norway): An aesthetic port
The Oslo City Council and Port Authority of Oslo co-developed a strategy for highlighting heritage […]
Ningbo (China): New light design presents three rivers merging
The Ningbo Lighting Plan, a testament to the power of collaboration, was brought to life […]
London (United Kingdom): Creative industries are setting up on Sugar Island
Completed in 2022, Dane’s Yard is a creative quarter designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects at Three Mills, […]
Rotterdam (Netherlands): Floating facilities and attractions in the port of Rotterdam
Case study The Recycled Island Foundation, later becoming Clean Rivers, employed the architectural studio […]
Brussels (Belgium): bridges, locks and canal – a complete landscape
The challenge was to give back meaning to the port’s activities in a renewed urban […]
Trois-Rivières (Canada): an amphitheatre is now an iconic urban venue
The Cogeco amphitheatre, designed by Montreal-based architect Paul Laurendeau, was built on the site of […]
Hong Kong (China): a festival of theatre
Between 2012 and 2014, a temporary bamboo theatre was built yearly at Victoria Harbor in […]
Brussels (Belgium): a whole port community working together for a collective image
In the Port of Brussels, the urban transformation of the canal area coexists with port […]
Recent news related to this commitment
Multifunctional cruise ship terminal at Tallinn (Estonia)
The new cruise ship terminal at Tallinn is now operational. Its environmental impact has been […]
Rosario (Argentina): renovation of the Puerto Norte Hotel
The pandemic set back the renovation of the luxury Puerto Norte Hotel and its restaurant. […]
(Italy) : New ambitions for the Genoa waterfront
“Porto Antico”, the celebrated project for the conversion of the old port of Genoa, will […]